RingCentral



Sound Quality
4.584905
Reliability
4.150945
Customer Service
4.35849
Features
4.584905
Price
4.54717
Overall
4.445283

53 Reviews |

81% recommend this provider to a friend.


Availability: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Founded in: 2003

"Time and again, RingCentral allows us to maintain a winning advantage."

by David J.

Virtual PBX
Business VoIP

RingCentral offers a complete and scalable business VoIP solution. With RingCentral Office, you can add enough lines for your small business and customize the system to suit your business’ needs. Best of all, you can connect your system the day your phones arrive.

RingCentral's Scalable RingCentral Office Plans

RingCentral suggests three scalable RingCentral Office plans, for 1, 4, 10, or 20 users, each with:

  • Unlimited Calling
  • Unlimited Faxing
  • One toll-free and one direct-dial local number for voice and fax
  • 1000 free toll-free minutes
  • One direct-dial local number per user

With larger plans, you also get unlimited extensions for multiple office locations. The toll-free number, dedicated fax line (plus fax to email) will mean your business is always completely and easily accessible.

Additional Perks: Customer Service and Number Porting with RingCentral

You can port your existing business number or create a brand-new vanity number for your business. You also get professional-grade IP phones that are ready to go, out of the box – just plug them in and start calling.

If you need help setting up the system, an account advisor can help you. If you need support later on, customer service and tech support are both available 24/7 (and they're free, too!). RingCentral stands behind their product with a 30-day, risk-free guarantee on their service (this means that you can cancel your service, return your phone - if it's in good working order - and get your money back. All of it.).

Other stuff you should know about RingCentral

RingCentral does have a fair use limit on their unlimited calling plans: a 98% excessive use limit. That means that if you use more minutes than 98% of RingCentral customers with unlimited calling plans, you'll be charged the per minute rate for your calls above that threshold. 98% is a pretty high threshold, so you should be okay.

Oh, and one more thing about RingCentral: they've got free smartphone apps, which means you can take your phone system … everywhere. RingCentral has a free iPhone app, a free BlackBerry app, and an Android app in the works (presumably, that one will be free as well).

RingCentral Office

RingCentral Office: unlimited calling and faxing, from 24.99/user and up.

Key Features:

  • Unlimited Calling and Faxing (US & Canada)
  • No Commitment, No Setup Fees, No Installation
  • Price for 20+ users

Basic Info

  • Monthly Fees: $24.99
  • Cancellation Fees: N/A
  • Setup Fees: $0.00
  • Long Distance: $0.00/min
  • Shipping: N/A
  • Other Fees: N/A

Available Features

  • Call Blocking
  • Conference Calling
  • Fax Capabilities
  • Faxes to Email
  • Call Forwarding
  • Call Hold
  • Call Transfer
  • Music on Hold
  • Caller ID with Name
  • Call Waiting Disable *70
  • Call Waiting ID
  • Distinctive Ring
  • Do Not Disturb
  • Multiple Users
  • Area Code Selection
  • Extra Number (Virtual Numbers)
  • Toll Free Numbers
  • BYOD (Bring Your Own Device, SIP)
  • Call Messaging
  • Enhanced Voice Mail
  • Voice Mails Emailed to You

PBX - RingCentral Office

RingCentral Office: unlimited calling and faxing, from 24.99/user and up.

Key PBX Features:

  • Unlimited Calling and Faxing (US & Canada)
  • No Commitment, No Setup Fees, No Installation
  • Price for 20+ users

SIP Trunking - RingCentral Office

RingCentral Office: unlimited calling and faxing, from 24.99/user and up.

Key SIP Trunking Features:

  • Unlimited Calling and Faxing (US & Canada)
  • No Commitment, No Setup Fees, No Installation
  • Price for 20+ users

Users' Reviews

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ETA-Refunds
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.253.68

RingCentral: Customize Features

Posted on: Feb 08, 2012
Pros
Multiple extensions; many features allow you to customize it; sending/receiving faxes really easy either through the online portal or via your own email; really helpful customer service; excellent price; clear messages; notification options
Cons

Our business uses Ring Central since we don't have a central office, but work from different locations.  Ring Central allows us to provide excellent customer service since we can set up the call forwarding to reach us wherever we happen to be.  The features are really helpful such as programming different extensions with different notification options, ring options, forwarding rules, etc.  We also love that you can send and receive faxes directly to/from the 800# or you can set up a free local fax #. 

Re: customer service - we had some questions when we were setting up the fax settings and customer service couldn't have been more knowledgeable or courteous.  They answered all our questions.

We would recommend Ring Central to any business!

Sound Quality
5
Reliability
5
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
5
Overall
5

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Melissa Kelly
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.187.165

RingCentral: Highly Recommend

Posted on: Feb 06, 2012
Pros
-Great online knowledge base for questions
-over the phone customer service is excellent
-Very easy to understand RingCentral user interface
-Employees go above and beyond for their customers
-This is a very feature rich VoIP service
-I keep finding new features that makes life a work a whole lot easier
-iPhone app is pretty convenient to have for business on the go
-It's great that voice mails automatically sends an email that you can listen to easily listen to from your computer
Cons
-You have to use one of their recommended routers for the internet or else the quality declines
-They sell Plantronics phones but do not sell headsets. It's a hassle to find compatible headsets because they need adapters and some sites don't make that clear which makes the whole process frustrating.
-VoIP in general (not just RingCentral) isn't the most reliable service because any type of internet problem will cause low quality calls with echoing, breaking up, and dropped calls, but it's a small price to pay for convenience and great service

We've been using RingCentral for a little over a year and love them.  We only had 1 real issue with them.  For a couple weeks we kept having dropped calls and when you're a tech company, it doesn't look so good when we have technical issues during things like sales calls.  We troubleshot for a few days not knowing the source and having to deal with the problem.  RingCentral blamed our internet company and our internet blamed them.  After many phone sessions with RC we found the source, an internet router that wasn't on the recommended list.  Even though it turned out to be a simpler problem than we thought, RC covered all their bases and provided great service.  

I manage the whole business's phone accouts from my administrative company settings and love working with customer service when I need assistance and always get great guidance.  I also recently had used the record a call feature for my first time after becoming aware of its existence, and I know all the people on the other side of my call was impressed with the official voice that comes on to know they're being recorded too.

After evaluating different VoIP services and then choosing RingCentral and using it for a year, I would highly recommend their VoIP.  

Sound Quality
5
Reliability
4
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
5
Overall
4.8

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CmdBash
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.11.228

RingCentral: Great Tools to Work With

Posted on: Feb 06, 2012
Pros
Great staff, ease to use software, multi platform.
Cons
None so far!

RingCentral has made growing my small business easy and diverse.

They not only give me a great amount of tools to work with but they also have friendly hard working staff that helped me troubleshoot my setup issues be helping me determine what specific errors I have made.

There sales staff actually was intrested in us and not their pockets, clients before money will make more money obviously.

We will continue to use RIngCentral as they have provided us with a great service with an expceptional price.

Sound Quality
5
Reliability
5
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
5
Overall
5

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8008982906
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.6.70

RingCentral: Quick Support

Posted on: Feb 06, 2012
Pros
Flexibility to forward calls with the click of your mouse. Better customer service than some competitors whom we also tried. Free fax service and free outbound long distance.
Cons
Some faxes weren't received.

Our company has been with RingCentral for years, there have been very few occasions when the phone system is down - when it's been a network-wide problem they have worked to fix it quickly; if it's just on our system they help us to work the problem out quickly.

Right away when we signed up we were saving lots of money from our previous traditional land-line phone system. We also saved some money instantly by dropping the other electronic Fax companies we had been using to get faxes. RingCentral Fax system isn't perfect, but I remember before signing up with them I had 2 different eFax companies because neither one was reliable enough to go with them individually.

Our first IP phone system was through a competitor for about a month, until we got the first bill! They were charging us for minutes we didn't use, and exorbitant prices on faxes that weren't even coming through! It was all based on how many minutes it was taking the fax to come through, not even on how many pages. We couldn't get rid of them fast enough. We haven't tried all the companies out there, but we are very happy with our RingCentral services.

Sincerely,

Jayhawk Auto Transport Inc

Sound Quality
5
Reliability
4
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
5
Overall
4.8

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consultnicole44
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.70.36

VERY USEFUL SERVICE

Posted on: Feb 06, 2012
Pros
Very Easy to use
Cons
Faxing out is confusing

I've been using this service since June 2011, we've been very happy with the service. Customer service is always very helpful, and most questions can be answered online. Receiving faxes is VERY easy; they are just e-mailed to you. I’ve had some trouble with faxing out, but most people can receive e-mail scan so it’s never been an issue. I would defiantly recommend this service to a friend. I also love the Android Ap!

Sound Quality
4
Reliability
5
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
5
Overall
4.8

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Danielleefuller
Member since: Jan 2012
xxx.xxx.129.215

RingCentral: Fortune 500 atmosphere for pennies!

Posted on: Feb 06, 2012
Pros
Price, Set-up Time, Features
Cons
Customer Service is Overseas, The Support Manuals are not the more user friendly

I have been using this service for a couple months now! I am very pleased with the price, set-up time, and deep features that this service has to offer. There were a few challenges to get over when we were setting up the system, but the customer service reps were very friendly and helpful. The Customer Service is overseas, so please be aware of that. They were still very nice and easy to work with; you just had to politely ask them to repeat themselves several times  All in all, I couldnt go wrong as a small business with this phone system. I can now project a Fortune 500 atmosphere on our phone system for pennies! -Dan 

Sound Quality
4
Reliability
5
Features
5
Customer Service
4
Price
5
Overall
4.6

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swipenow
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.86.136

RingCentral: Tremendous amount of features

Posted on: Feb 05, 2012
Pros
Ring Central has a tremendous amount of features that are very easy to use.
Cons
There are times when I am using the mobile product and get dropped call now and then. Its hard to say if its just my network or the something else.

 Having a service like Ring Central allows your company to appear larger then it actually is.  Also the customer service is quick to answer your calls and is very helpful.I am very happy with my choice in going with them.

Sound Quality
4
Reliability
4
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
4
Overall
4.4

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cswalker001
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.135.101

RingCentral: Perfect System for My Business

Posted on: Feb 04, 2012
Pros
Easy set up. Great customer support.
Cons
My credit card machine does not work with system. I had to upgrade to an internet credit card machine to resolve issue.

I was prviously limited by a single phone line for my store.  By switching to Ring Central, it is like I have multiple lines since Ring Central hands off the calls to our cell phones.  This allows multiple calls coming in with no busy signal.  All calls get answered promptly with a high level of professionalism.  Great for my small business.  Calls now go direct to a tech for better productivity.  Automatic change of messages with store hours is great.  BBeing cloud based, I have the same level of telephone service even if the store looses power or internet.  Ring Central is the perfect system for my business.

Sound Quality
5
Reliability
5
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
4
Overall
4.8

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BetterSunshine.com
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.254.55

RingCentral Voip

Posted on: Feb 03, 2012
Pros
Convenient and Cost-Effective, Portable and Professional
Cons
Zip

I'm using RingCentral thanks to a recommendation by somebody I trust. Although I'm not tech-savvy, RingCentral is simple and easy for me to use.  It is feature-rich with many options. As a small business owner/operator, with a small budget, the affordability of RingCentral enables me to project a professional image to my nationwide customers and improve their experience when calling our Customer Service Reps at The BetterSunshine Online Health & Wellness Store to order Natures Sunshine Products. While I don't normally write reviews, I've been so impressed with RingCentral that I wanted to share my experience with the hope that other business owners may benefit from the products and services of RingCentral.

Sound Quality
5
Reliability
5
Features
5
Customer Service
5
Price
5
Overall
5

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keme
Member since: Feb 2012
xxx.xxx.50.177

RingCentral: Great Options

Posted on: Feb 03, 2012
Pros
Allows you to be accessible from anywhere. Good pricing. Great message notification.
Cons
Occasionally has rather unusual problems. Support call center is not in the US.

I became a RingCentral customer in 2008, and have no current desire to change.  While I have occasional problems (caller complaints about not being loud enough, fax messages not sending, phone not ringing), these do not occur often and are usually fixed immediately upon being reported. RingCentral offers great options at a very reasonable price.  I love the flexibility of the service, the ability to send my business calls to any number at any time, the ability to access call records at any time, and especially the ability to record phone calls.

Sound Quality
4
Reliability
3
Features
4
Customer Service
3
Price
5
Overall
3.8

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Last Updated: 02/10/2012 10:02 AM